#autoimmune protocol

[onwacollective]

I created this Womb Healing Masterpost a year or so ago. Since then, I’ve continued to grow this list of resources, adding more info as I learn it. Every book, interview, podcast on the list I’ve read or listened to and found useful in my own healing. But I realize all this info can be overwhelming, confusing, and time consuming to get through to create the real change needed to balance your hormones. So, I’ve created cycle syncing wallpaper habit reminders to support women and menstruating individuals in balancing their hormones HERE.

How to use:

These are specifically created for the 80% of women experiencing hormonal imbalance. I’ve designed them to make integrating the information and ancestral wisdom needed to balance hormones easily accessible. Switch each wallpaper background as you transition through each phase of your cycle. Every time you glance at your phone you get a reminder of what to focus on at a specific point in your cycle.

Each wallpaper contains:

🌟 A hormonal phase specific grocery list informed by the Autoimmune protocol (AIP) which means it excludes largely known gut irritants like nuts, seeds, beans, eggs, nightshade vegetables etc.

🌟 A list of herbal teas specific to the needs of each hormonal phase

🌟 A list of self-care practices specific to each hormonal phase

🌟 A journaling prompt

🌟 An affirmation

🌟 Basic overview of the hormonal changes occurring within the body during each phase

🌟 A list of vitamins/minerals to focus on in each phase (grocery list includes foods that contain these vitamins/minerals!)

🌟 Best care practices and tips for each phase

I have a vision of these hanging as posters in schools to teach children about the changes in each cycle. I wanted to make balancing hormones so easy that teenage me could do it. The info on the habit reminders connects to the practices and teachings described in the original tumblr post so if you ever want to dive deeper into a segment of info you can. You can find more info on how to download HERE.

If we let it, womb healing can be a beautiful initiation into feminine power. Be gentle with yourself 💗

[creativechaoscreature]

Breakfast, with nettle tea 💚

[saddie-to-baddie]

January 15, 2023

Before I start my little A.I.P. experiment, I need to be honest about what my starting point is, otherwise I KNOW I'm not going to think there's any progress and quit.

For anyone stumbling across this and cares for a little background info, I have Multiple Sclerosis (Dx 12.2019) and have now been off medication since 11.2022 (thanks to an insurance hiccup/moving) and I'm eager to resume treatments because things have been ROUGH.

But being off meds has reminded me that I can and still need to take steps to keep myself under control as much as I can. So I decided to try out the Anti Inflammatory Protocol elimination diet again. 😅

So here's my baseline check-in:

1. I'm absolutely tired. I'm sleeping like trash, sometimes my own fault (energy drinks, going out, scrolling on the phone) and sometimes I just wake up in the middle of the night and that's it, I'm up. Right now I've been up since 530am after going to sleep around 1am.

Fatigue: 7/10.

Quality of Sleep: 4/10.

2. Physically I don't feel as symptomatic in terms of loss of sensation and balance, but I feel SO bloated all the time, very 'crunchy' and constantly cracking and popping my back, fingers and more often than usual, my left hip. The hip is always unintentional but is loud and takes me by surprise. My skins been a dumpster fire and was breaking out all over, especially jaw/neck (most painful and persistent), back, side and shoulders and especially my hairline.

My left tonsil has been swollen and painful and producing a LOT of tonsil stones, body constantly aches, feet hurt, seems to be a permanent headache at play.

Bloating: 8/10 (Definitely look pregnant, but not very painful).

Pain: 6/10. Only occasionally using ibuprofen.

Weight: 191 lbs /pant size~16

I really am considering tracking body measurements but I feel like I'm going to lose my focus on feeling better if I don't end up losing weight so I'm going to try not to focus on these areas as much. Weightloss would be a welcome side affect of the diet since I've been struggling there, but my overall goal is to find the foods that make me feel so bad.

3. I've been trying to increase my water intake by using teas and Mio to flavor it but I have not really felt any improvement. My mouth is always dry, and I feel like no matter how much I take care of my teeth right now, my breath smells.

Hydration: 4/10

4. My mental health feels like a JOKE. There's not been a lot of time for just me, to be able to breathe. Between work, momming, struggling to square out my medical needs, and just life, I feel like I'm constantly in a state of panic and on the verge of bubbling over. I either cry or shut down completely mentally. Still have to be mom and take care of the dog, and get work done. But I don't even have the energy to stay up after the little one goes to sleep. I'm pretty confident that I'm asleep before she is lately. My patience is soooo thin.

I've been considering trying to get back on antidepressants but the idea of that scares me because I know it's a guessing game until we figure out the right dosage and med. The last time I tried antidepressants certain thoughts were at an all time high so I completely quit cold turkey.

Happiness: 4/10

Anxiety: 6/10

Depression: 7/10

Mental Clarity: 3/10

Ability to Focus/Understand: 4/10

Overall I feel like a trash bag of a person, mentally and physically. I don't feel like me, so let's see how much of that improves. 😬

[littlebitrecipes]

Mashed Turnips

Need an alternative to potatoes that’s paleo, low carb, and keto friendly? Give mashed turnips a try. They have a bit more flavor than other options.

Recipe => https://lowcarbyum.com/keto-gravy/

[journiland]

6/12/2022

I woke up with a headache and some dizziness today, so have been sticking to the necessary chores (wish I hadn't procrastinated so many!)

Probably either a "hangover" from too much driving/peopling yesterday, the hours of lost sleep from "Yikes! Bear!", or possibly the freeze-dried mango (not supposed to eat, but didn't have a ton). Or a combo of all three.

I realized how "good* I've been feeling lately. Yes, I'm generally some level of tired between a little and two seconds from comatose, but (until today) I haven't been dizzy, haven't had a headache requiring a pill or stopping me from working (even if slowly).

I think the restrictive diet is working. Yes, it's summer, but I didn't feel this good (and happy! and interested! and OMG *motivated!*) last summer. (And I should be doubly depressed for missing Vampire).

My pigs, I mean chickens, snarfing cottage cheese:

[ramblingandpie]

Today I made sausage for the first time!

I am gonna start the autoimmune protocol diet this weekend, and one of the big recommendations I saw was for breakfast sausage. But. Most commercial sausage has nightshades or peppers (which are a nightshade BUT I am also allergic so...) or other non-AIP stuff.

So when I saw a meat grinder with sausage attachment on sale? I got it. And. Yummy. I took the extra sausage mixture that didn't fit in the casings I had, made patties, and fried them up for my lunch. YUM! I also pre-cooked all the sausages by boiling because I know how much oomph I have in the morning for cooking (it's none).

Also learned some things. I did it as a two-step process and I think the one-step will be easier. Putting ground meat back through the grinder? It gets air pockets and squishes and is not very efficient. So. Will do next batch as a one-step process.

These sausages are pork shoulder, garlic, ginger, and turmeric. All in hog casing. Next batch, I'm thinking chicken or turkey with apple and maybe cranberry.

[suztriesfitness]

Adventures in AIP

I'm making an AIP bread. It's an adventure because I realized I have no baking sheet. So, I'm gonna do it in my cupcake tin with the cupcake wrappers.

The most interesting part of AIP bread is that you can't use eggs or butter or anything like it. Instead they put gelatin in as an egg-replacement.

Also, fell asleep on the couch earlier so I'm late in making them. But I mean. Who even knows how this will go!

[paleoskeptic]

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